Many of my clients are in relationships where they are unhappy. Maybe their partner invalidates them, or they have disagreements on how they want to spend their time, or they fight about their children, finances, in-laws, etc…Whatever the problem they are having, a lot of these women end up in therapy by themselves and they […]
A Different Perspective on Emotional Tolerance
The term “emotional tolerance” is a common phrase that is used when people think about how to cope with what we would consider negative emotions. We learn to just power through the sadness, loneliness, frustration, anxiety until they subside. Or if you haven’t learned to “tolerate” the emotions you might turn to distracting or numbing […]
Three problems with Positive Affirmations
If you suffer from low self-esteem and are in to self-help resources or are in therapy, then you may have learned about positive affirmations as a tool to improve your confidence. If you have used them and found them to be helpful, then great! Keep using them. But if you have tried them and found […]